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Canterbury DHB Surgery Numbers Up
19 May 2004
Canterbury DHB Surgery Numbers Up - Against the National trend
The Canterbury District Health Board’s public hospital surgical procedures – both elective and acute surgery - have increased markedly this year compared with last year, says the Board’s General Manager Hospital & Specialist Services Jock Muir.
‘Contrary to the national trend as outlined by the Treasury report released yesterday, the CDHB’s hospitals have increased their number of surgical procedures,’ he said.
‘Nearly 1000 more people in Canterbury have had an operation as at 31 March this year compared with the same nine month period last year,’ he said. ‘We are also ahead of our contracted volumes.’
Mr Muir said the figures applied across all CDHB hospitals.
‘At Christchurch hospital alone more than 600 surgical patients have received treatment than at the same time last year. This is an excellent result and we predict the end of year figures will be even better.’
There were several reasons for the positive result. Part of it was due to improved management of the waiting list, part of it was due to having better availability of skilled surgical teams, and part of it was due to a superb effort on the part of both clinical and support staff, Mr Muir said.
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Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is a Christchurch, New Zealand based hospital and healthcare provider for the
Canterbury region of New Zealand. Our region extends from Kekerengu in the North, to Rangitata in the South and Arthurs Pass in the West and comprises the six Territorial Local Authorities of Kaikoura, Hurunui, Waimakariri, Christchurch City, Selwyn and Ashburton.
We collaborate with other health and disability organisations, stakeholders and our community to decide what health and disability services are needed and how to best use the funding we receive from Government to improve, promote and protect the health, wellbeing and independence of our population.
At the Canterbury DHB, our vision is to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in Canterbury.
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